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 2010-05-27 7:26 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 950    Ann Arbor |  Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!!The left brifter on my road bike no longer works. I think I broke it when fitting it into my trunk a few months ago. I've been trying to fiddle with it, but it no longer ratchets. I'm not sure whether or not I should try to find a used set or just go with a cheap Nashbar or Forte set. They are Tiagara so pretty low-end. |
| 2010-05-27 7:44 PM in reply to: #2887354 |
Pro 3804  Seacoast, NH! | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! carlwithac - 2010-05-27 8:26 PM The left brifter on my road bike no longer works. I think I broke it when fitting it into my trunk a few months ago. I've been trying to fiddle with it, but it no longer ratchets. I'm not sure whether or not I should try to find a used set or just go with a cheap Nashbar or Forte set. They are Tiagara so pretty low-end.
Your left SHIFTER???? You can pick up a tiagra shifter for real cheap on ebay. |
| 2010-05-27 7:57 PM in reply to: #2887371 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! jgerbodegrant - 2010-05-27 8:44 PM carlwithac - 2010-05-27 8:26 PM The left brifter on my road bike no longer works. I think I broke it when fitting it into my trunk a few months ago. I've been trying to fiddle with it, but it no longer ratchets. I'm not sure whether or not I should try to find a used set or just go with a cheap Nashbar or Forte set. They are Tiagara so pretty low-end.
Your left SHIFTER???? You can pick up a tiagra shifter for real cheap on ebay. The crazy thing is that you can't! There is a set for almost $80 and that's about it. There are some random sellers that sell individual ultegra shifters for about $30 or so. |
| 2010-05-27 8:35 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 2852 Pfafftown, NC | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Good news - bad news. Good news - 2nd time out on the new bike....and 1st time riding my 6/20 sprint course, I rode the fastest I've ever ridden. I don't actually attribute that much of it to the course. I rode, hard. I was riding with a buddy who's an accomplished rider (and he could have easily dropped me at almost any point). He KILLED me. I've been saying how I want to hammer the bike leg of my sprints.....and hang on for the run. I NOW know that's not a great idea. See the bad news. Bad news - I BONKED HARD on my brick. The ride took almost everything out of me. I had no idea. We set up a 2mi. brick run, and I had to walk up the 2 hills on the 2mi.. NOT a good idea (that strategy). I'll learn from it, though. Change of goal for my 1st, next weekend. I'm treating it, now, as a learning experience, instead of a chance to go "all-out". The bike course, next weekend, will be less challenging than the one I did, today. But, I'm still gonna have to learn to leave more in the tank. Learning experience. Nothing more. p.s. I am dead tired.....lol. Today is actually the 1st day I've ever swim/bike/run in the same day. |
| 2010-05-27 8:39 PM in reply to: #2887391 |
Pro 3804 Seacoast, NH! | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! carlwithac - 2010-05-27 8:57 PM jgerbodegrant - 2010-05-27 8:44 PM carlwithac - 2010-05-27 8:26 PM The left brifter on my road bike no longer works. I think I broke it when fitting it into my trunk a few months ago. I've been trying to fiddle with it, but it no longer ratchets. I'm not sure whether or not I should try to find a used set or just go with a cheap Nashbar or Forte set. They are Tiagara so pretty low-end.
Your left SHIFTER???? You can pick up a tiagra shifter for real cheap on ebay. The crazy thing is that you can't! There is a set for almost $80 and that's about it. There are some random sellers that sell individual ultegra shifters for about $30 or so. Whoa....I hate to say it, but you're right! I just checked. I would put a WTB on the classifieds section. Someone has to have something laying around. Or, just call shimano and ask them what to do. |
| 2010-05-27 9:22 PM in reply to: #2887458 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! nc452010 - 2010-05-27 4:35 PM Good news - bad news. Good news - 2nd time out on the new bike....and 1st time riding my 6/20 sprint course, I rode the fastest I've ever ridden. I don't actually attribute that much of it to the course. I rode, hard. I was riding with a buddy who's an accomplished rider (and he could have easily dropped me at almost any point). He KILLED me. I've been saying how I want to hammer the bike leg of my sprints.....and hang on for the run. I NOW know that's not a great idea. See the bad news. Bad news - I BONKED HARD on my brick. The ride took almost everything out of me. I had no idea. We set up a 2mi. brick run, and I had to walk up the 2 hills on the 2mi.. NOT a good idea (that strategy). I'll learn from it, though. Change of goal for my 1st, next weekend. I'm treating it, now, as a learning experience, instead of a chance to go "all-out". The bike course, next weekend, will be less challenging than the one I did, today. But, I'm still gonna have to learn to leave more in the tank. Learning experience. Nothing more. p.s. I am dead tired.....lol. Today is actually the 1st day I've ever swim/bike/run in the same day. LOL...yeah, it's okay to go hard on the bike. But you have to hold back a little. |
| 2010-05-27 10:12 PM in reply to: #2887458 |
Expert 1146 Chugiak, Alaska | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! nc452010 - 2010-05-27 8:35 PM Good news - bad news. Good news - 2nd time out on the new bike....and 1st time riding my 6/20 sprint course, I rode the fastest I've ever ridden. I don't actually attribute that much of it to the course. I rode, hard. I was riding with a buddy who's an accomplished rider (and he could have easily dropped me at almost any point). He KILLED me. I've been saying how I want to hammer the bike leg of my sprints.....and hang on for the run. I NOW know that's not a great idea. See the bad news. Bad news - I BONKED HARD on my brick. The ride took almost everything out of me. I had no idea. We set up a 2mi. brick run, and I had to walk up the 2 hills on the 2mi.. NOT a good idea (that strategy). I'll learn from it, though. Change of goal for my 1st, next weekend. I'm treating it, now, as a learning experience, instead of a chance to go "all-out". The bike course, next weekend, will be less challenging than the one I did, today. But, I'm still gonna have to learn to leave more in the tank. Learning experience. Nothing more. p.s. I am dead tired.....lol. Today is actually the 1st day I've ever swim/bike/run in the same day. I don't see how this is bad news. better to do it now than bonk on the race and be super dissapointed. I agree w/ the great learning experience. Go a smidge slower on the bike and nail the run! Also, how was your hydration/nutrition - could that of effected your run??? |
| 2010-05-27 10:16 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 2852 Pfafftown, NC | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Honestly, the bike was only 12mi. We did it in less than 40min. and I was so concerned with keeping up, I didn't have time to drink anything!.....lol I drank some G2 before we took off to run. I ate well, during the day. It was hot. But, I wasn't dehydrated, prior....and for an hour's worth of exercise, I should be able to do that on no water (I think). I just went a tad hard on the bike. It was a full mph faster than I've ever avg'd. |
| 2010-05-27 10:18 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 1146 Chugiak, Alaska | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! I have to share this as I think it is funny. My hubby is big into both road and mountain biking. Before I started training for triathlons he refused to ever think about taking something like gu, shotblocs, etc... for fuel - said they didn't work and were gross (even though he never tried them). Gatorade - and that is it. Well, now he is depleting my stash and telling me how well they work - duh! |
| 2010-05-28 12:24 AM in reply to: #2887693 |
Expert 1151 Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! nc452010 - 2010-05-27 10:16 PM Honestly, the bike was only 12mi. We did it in less than 40min. and I was so concerned with keeping up, I didn't have time to drink anything!.....lol I drank some G2 before we took off to run. I ate well, during the day. It was hot. But, I wasn't dehydrated, prior....and for an hour's worth of exercise, I should be able to do that on no water (I think). I just went a tad hard on the bike. It was a full mph faster than I've ever avg'd. Nice pace on that ride! I agree with Robin, better that it happen to you now than on race day. You're lucky you have someone to ride with that can really push you like that. Edited by jpbis26 2010-05-28 12:27 AM |
| 2010-05-28 10:00 AM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 2852 Pfafftown, NC | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Hey....Good luck to all of you guys/gals racing (and training) this weekend! I've got a brick scheduled for this afternoon (I hope to do this one, right!), then only runs for the weekend. I'm taking my wife to the beach for a few days. Give 'em hell! |
| 2010-05-28 12:18 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! I just got back from an exhausting 51mile ride. I logged the details. I finished in 3:05. The graph from my PT is:https://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/BAWJDQMF6GF5SAHU6IHBTXEN64 I still haven't found my FTP yet, but for this ride I was trying to stay right around 130watts. It wasn't hot out for most of the ride which is why my HR was in Z1 when I was working much harder. Later though, my HR was pretty dang high. I'm still looking at my graphs of everything but I can't really judge much because I don't know my FTP. The whole ride was pancake flat, so it wasn't too hard to try to keep my power around 130. I also racked up my largest bike volume this week at 7.15hrs with 120.4miles. I might do a short recovery ride this weekend but other than that I want to take the rest of the weekend off of the bike to recover enough to test my FTP on Monday. Edited by carlwithac 2010-05-28 12:21 PM |
| 2010-05-28 12:37 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Nice ride carl. |
| 2010-05-28 12:41 PM in reply to: #2888908 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! tri808 - 2010-05-28 1:37 PM Nice ride carl. A couple? I wish you the best of luck! Lately, I've made huge progress on just forcing my body to ride longer. I think I want to utilize my PT now and just work on going harder for longer. I think I can do that well with several 20-40 miles rides each week and probably throw in a long 3hr/50mile ride every other week. On my ride earlier I didn't consume much nutrition. I at almost an entire Hot N' Ready yesterday so I guess I carbo loaded prior. I ate 1 banana pre-ride, 1 clif bar, aero drink of water, approx 16oz of Gatorade Pro. About 340cals total. I weighed myself before and after and lost 4lbs during the ride. Edited by carlwithac 2010-05-28 12:46 PM |
| 2010-05-28 1:34 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Yeah...my group ride has been going longer these days. You'll be surprised how quickly your body can acclimate to the miles. It was only about 6 months ago that I was only doing one weekend ride of about 28 miles. This week will be my highest bike volume week...probably about 155-160 miles. If I have any chance in participating in the 112 mile race in the beginning of September, I'm going to have to ramp up the miles big time. I drew out a rough plan...and it doesn't look pretty. I need to get in about 600 miles in June, 700 in July, and about 750 in August. I think my chances of entering is about 40% right now...but either way it will be a good base building for the HIM I have planned next season. |
| 2010-05-28 1:47 PM in reply to: #2889069 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! tri808 - 2010-05-28 2:34 PM Yeah...my group ride has been going longer these days. You'll be surprised how quickly your body can acclimate to the miles. It was only about 6 months ago that I was only doing one weekend ride of about 28 miles. This week will be my highest bike volume week...probably about 155-160 miles. If I have any chance in participating in the 112 mile race in the beginning of September, I'm going to have to ramp up the miles big time. I drew out a rough plan...and it doesn't look pretty. I need to get in about 600 miles in June, 700 in July, and about 750 in August. I think my chances of entering is about 40% right now...but either way it will be a good base building for the HIM I have planned next season. That would get you some serious saddle time and you would probably become such a better cyclist. Something like that would be great for me but I just can't bare to get myself to do it  |
| 2010-05-28 2:27 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! I have good weather on my side... =) I have never heard of a frozen HRM until you brought it up...LOL |
| 2010-05-28 4:23 PM in reply to: #2887695 |
Pro 3804 Seacoast, NH! | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! robingray_260 - 2010-05-27 11:18 PM I have to share this as I think it is funny. My hubby is big into both road and mountain biking. Before I started training for triathlons he refused to ever think about taking something like gu, shotblocs, etc... for fuel - said they didn't work and were gross (even though he never tried them). Gatorade - and that is it. Well, now he is depleting my stash and telling me how well they work - duh! I love those times when you can just sit back and grin. I wish you could buy GU in bulk, like you can hammer gels. I am just going to stick to my infinit for now. |
| 2010-05-28 4:32 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Expert 1146 Chugiak, Alaska | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! It's great to hear everyone's training is going well! Any races this weekend? One problem that I am having (and it seems pretty common with all of us at one time or another) is time in the saddle. It seems every time I have a big ride scheduled (>20 miles) something comes up and I have to either skip it or reduce the volume. The wind is partly to blame (I wont ride if wind is greater than 30 mph!) and the other is not a whole lot of long rides around here w/o putting in some serious elevation gainage. oh well - I am working on it! Going hiking in the mountains tomorrow and then have like 3 bbqs on my plate for the weekend. yummmm! Nc452010 - love the avatar!  Have fun at the beach! |
| 2010-05-28 4:42 PM in reply to: #2889094 |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! carlwithac - 2010-05-28 2:47 PM tri808 - 2010-05-28 2:34 PM Yeah...my group ride has been going longer these days. You'll be surprised how quickly your body can acclimate to the miles. It was only about 6 months ago that I was only doing one weekend ride of about 28 miles. This week will be my highest bike volume week...probably about 155-160 miles. If I have any chance in participating in the 112 mile race in the beginning of September, I'm going to have to ramp up the miles big time. I drew out a rough plan...and it doesn't look pretty. I need to get in about 600 miles in June, 700 in July, and about 750 in August. I think my chances of entering is about 40% right now...but either way it will be a good base building for the HIM I have planned next season. That would get you some serious saddle time and you would probably become such a better cyclist. Something like that would be great for me but I just can't bare to get myself to do it Sounds to me like both of you are going to be animals on the bike legs for your races this year. I am trying to build base as well but it might take me a bit longer because my longest races are going to be Oly's. I am already almost twice the required distance on my longer rides (42.5 miles). Carl, I looked at your chart, it might as well have been in Russian. I am not sure what I was looking at but then I don't know anything about the power meters either. As much as I would like to learn I don't have a good reason to research. If I researched I'd want one and I don't think that would fly with the budget for a while. |
| 2010-05-28 4:43 PM in reply to: #2889410 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! jgerbodegrant - 2010-05-28 12:23 PM robingray_260 - 2010-05-27 11:18 PM I have to share this as I think it is funny. My hubby is big into both road and mountain biking. Before I started training for triathlons he refused to ever think about taking something like gu, shotblocs, etc... for fuel - said they didn't work and were gross (even though he never tried them). Gatorade - and that is it. Well, now he is depleting my stash and telling me how well they work - duh! I love those times when you can just sit back and grin. I wish you could buy GU in bulk, like you can hammer gels. I am just going to stick to my infinit for now. I buy my GU from RoadRunnerSports.com. I got VIP membership for $2 (annual?) which gives you 10% off everything and free shipping. I order GU by the case (24 gels), and it comes out to about $22...or less than $1 each. |
| 2010-05-28 4:57 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Extreme Veteran 330 Addison | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! Carl, congrats on the PT. Congrats on all the PR's! I've been on following and reading up on everything, just been lurking around. Looks like everyone is getting some nice training in. I'm finally getting my training groove on, last week I hit 137 miles on the bike. Goal is to hit 100+ miles every week. It is getting HOT here. 95+ which I don't mind on the bike (as long as I am properly hydrated) but running in the heat has been a whipping. Oh well, just need to suck it up and get my body acclimated. On tap this weekend, lots of training AND playing  60 mile bike tomorrow, OWS and ride, possibly run on Sunday, and swim and run on Monday. Hope everyone has a great and safe Memorial Weekend. |
| 2010-05-28 4:58 PM in reply to: #2889440 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! DirkP - 2010-05-28 5:42 PM carlwithac - 2010-05-28 2:47 PM tri808 - 2010-05-28 2:34 PM Yeah...my group ride has been going longer these days. You'll be surprised how quickly your body can acclimate to the miles. It was only about 6 months ago that I was only doing one weekend ride of about 28 miles. This week will be my highest bike volume week...probably about 155-160 miles. If I have any chance in participating in the 112 mile race in the beginning of September, I'm going to have to ramp up the miles big time. I drew out a rough plan...and it doesn't look pretty. I need to get in about 600 miles in June, 700 in July, and about 750 in August. I think my chances of entering is about 40% right now...but either way it will be a good base building for the HIM I have planned next season. That would get you some serious saddle time and you would probably become such a better cyclist. Something like that would be great for me but I just can't bare to get myself to do it Sounds to me like both of you are going to be animals on the bike legs for your races this year. I am trying to build base as well but it might take me a bit longer because my longest races are going to be Oly's. I am already almost twice the required distance on my longer rides (42.5 miles). Carl, I looked at your chart, it might as well have been in Russian. I am not sure what I was looking at but then I don't know anything about the power meters either. As much as I would like to learn I don't have a good reason to research. If I researched I'd want one and I don't think that would fly with the budget for a while. haha it's difficult to really see anything unless you stop and rethink where all those little spikes and valleys happened in the ride. You are completely correct. It is contagious! |
| 2010-05-28 5:13 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
Master 3486 Fort Wayne | Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! To help set up my race for a couple of weeks I did a back-to-back brick today. Everything seemed to be going good for the first 3.5 miles until I had a flat tire on a corner. I almost lost it and laid the bike over but I kept it on the wheels and stopped as soon as I could. I noticed the tire was a little low but didn't think it was THAT low and it didn't seem to losing air either. I suppose the added pressure going around the corner pushed the reaming air out or something. Then it took me to long to change it because I thought I would change it a "faster way." It didn't work! I did find some things to both work on and things that worked well. I plan to bike with my HR in the upper 140's and back it down to the mid 140's with about a mile or so left, take my shoes off while on the bike (which I practiced today), and I got some speed laces in my shoes to help things in T2. I had a T2 time of about 45 seconds but this was just taking off my helmet, a gulp of water and putting shoes on before taking off. It felt like a decent time but I really don't have a baseline to go with. I am planning a 9 mile run tomorrow and the an OWS of about 1000 yds. in my brothers pond again. I think this week's should go better than last week because I will have a better idea what to expect. i will also warm up some before the swim, which is something I didn't do last week. |
| 2010-05-28 6:43 PM in reply to: #2770346 |
| Subject: RE: Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! You want to race Kona...move to Hawaii! Edited by tri808 2010-05-28 6:47 PM |
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